College Applications & Acceptance Rocky Mountain High School Class of 2016
Fast Facts 453 seniors 409 applied to at least one college Students told us they submitted, in total, 1442 applications Transcripts 950 sent out to colleges
Students with plans other than college o Ten have enlisted in the military o Eleven are pursuing career education and/or apprenticeship programs o Eleven are employed o 21 will take a year off
Our Lobos Met with College Reps 98 college visits came to RMHS 27 Colleges from around Colorado came to PSD for the In-State College Fair 175 Colleges from around the country came to PSD for our district Out-of-State College Fair 13 Colleges from around the country came to PSD for our district College Case Studies Night** **New in 2015-16
Seniors Used Assistance 18 seniors used Application Fee Waivers to apply to 4-year colleges (up from 7!) 5 College Application Workshops assisted over 60 students 2 Smart Start Programs helped 55 seniors apply to Front Range 4 College Essay Seminars assisted 32 students 4 Scholarship Workshops** **New in 2015-16
Our Seniors Applied To a total of 358 (up from 305) different colleges On average, each college-bound senior applied to 3.5 colleges The highest # of colleges to which a single student applied was 35. 2 additional students each applied to 20 colleges (last 2 years the highest was 19. 2013 s was only 6 colleges) Applications went to 5 countries: Austrialia, Canada, England, Ireland, and New Zealand Applications went to ALL 50 states*, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, *first time every state was applied to since keeping this statistic the past 4 years.
They are specializing in many areas Cal Poly Colorado School of Mines Cornish College of the Arts Georgia Institute of Tech Regency Beauty Institute Santa Fe University of Art and Design Savannah College of Art and Design Sheridan College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning South Dakota School of Mines The Colorado Film School US Naval Academy University Technical Institute Valley Forge Military College
They are embracing the 2-year college option in 7 different states! Seniors are attending: Aims CC Colorado Mountain College Community College of Denver Front Range CC Garden City CC Laramie County CC Otero JC Northeastern JC Pikes Peak CC Scottsdale CC Southwest Tennessee Community College Tacoma Community College Western Nebraska CC
Seniors needed YOUR Support 326 (up from 276) Teacher Letters of Recommendation were requested in Naviance, written and posted in Naviance!* Department # of Letters (last year s) Social Studies 72 (70) Language Arts 77 (66) Math 39 (31) Science 22 (19) Visual/Performing Arts 38 (15) Business/FCS/Tech 39 (14) World Language 20 (14) PE 2 (3) *This excludes letters that were never officially requested in Naviance.
Big-Name School Acceptance Colleges in BOLD have a student attending Bard College* Cal Poly* Carleton College* Colorado School of Mines Colorado State University Dartmouth* Haverford College * Oberlin College Occidental College Pepperdine University Pitzer College* US Naval Academy* University of Colorado, Boulder University of Denver University of Northern Colorado University of Michigan* * Colleges whose admissions rate is under 30%
Most Applied to Out of State Colleges ARIZONA STATE BROWN UNIVERSITY MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, BOZEMAN NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY 3 0 4 3 1 6 6 11 15 26 POMONA COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA UNIVERSITY OF OREGON UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING YALE UNIVERSITY 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 5 8 7 10 6 50 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Applied Enrolled
Most Applied to In-State Colleges ADAMS STATE AIMS CC COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY COLORADO MOUNTAIN COLLEGE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY CSU PUEBLO CU BOULDER CU DENVER FORT LEWIS COLLEGE FRONT RANGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE HAIR DYNAMICS NORTHEASTERN JUNIOR COLLEGE PIKES PEAK CC UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, CS UNIVERSITY OF DENVER UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO 9 1 8 3 3 8 4 3 12 0 2 3 0 4 5 3 3 3 2 29 21 164 73 87 27 33 19 148 85 19 24 72 21 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 Applied Enrolled
Most Popular Locations to Attend College (2 year and 4 year) Wyoming 2% Oregon Washington 2% 2% Arizona 4% California 1% 31 other states combined 15% Colorado 74% States attending Arizona 31 other states combined Colorado California Washington Wyoming Oregon
They are going all over the place! 86 different colleges 36 States 1 Foreign Country (England)
Paying for it all 79 seniors applied for scholarship through the Local Scholarship Packet. 13 Scholarships were awarded for a total of $19,317.78 An additional 15 Seniors earned a total of $22,000 from other local scholarships 127 Students earned 340 scholarships directly from their colleges for scholarship, leadership, and talents ($8,968,622) 13 scholarships were offered by state and national organizations ($561,450) including 1 Boettcher, 2 Daniels Fund, 2 National ROTC program Additionally, one senior will attend a military academy valued at ~$350,000
Celebrating Over 80 students completed their final college steps and celebrated at the 2 nd Annual College Commitment Celebration 5 seniors participated in the Scholarship Signing* for their scholarships valued at full tuition or more 133 seniors were celebrated at the 17 th annual Scholarship Breakfast **New in 2015-16
In Total... The class of 2016 was offered nearly 10 million dollars in scholarships!
Thank you! Thanks to ALL RMHS staff for supporting the Class of 2016 for success at Rocky and beyond!